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Review Notices
Crescendo
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra: 1930–2005
By Thomas N. Akins
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(Indianapolis: Indiana Symphony Society, Inc., 2004. Pp. 150. Illustrations. Paperbound, $30.00.)
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| This year marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of one of Indiana's cultural jewels, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Thomas Akins, long-time principal timpanist for the orchestra, is now its archivist and the author of this interesting history. Generously illustrated and well-produced, the volume structures the orchestra's history by conductor, beginning with Ferdinand Schaefer, who personally selected a group of area musicians and sent them invitations to join the new orchestra. The history concludes with the current maestro, Swiss-born Mario Venzago, before moving topically through the orchestra's educational programs, its volunteers, biographies of current musicians, a history of the orchestra's current home (the Circle Theater), and a complete roster of all the musicians and staff from the seventy-five-year history. The book concludes with a comprehensive discography. Anyone who has enjoyed ISO concerts over the years will love this volume; historians will learn a great deal about the orchestra's cultural and economic contributions to Indianapolis. |
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Hugh McCulloch
Father of Modern Banking
By Susan Lee Guckenberg
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(Fort Wayne, Ind.: Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 2004. Pp. x, 247. Illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. $25.00.)
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| McCulloch (1808–1895) was born in Maine and moved to Fort Wayne in 1833. He trained as an attorney but spent his career in banking, becoming president of the Bank of the State of Indiana in 1855. President Abraham Lincoln asked McCulloch to become Comptroller of the Currency and later appointed him as Secretary of the Treasury. McCulloch stayed on as Treasury Secretary until 1870, served in the post briefly again in 1884, and died on his farm outside Washington, D.C., in 1895. The book contains a family tree and a number of photographs and engravings. |
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Orphan Boy
By Russell J. Milne, Jr.
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(Bloomington, Ind.: 1st Books [Authorhouse], 2002. Pp. viii, 89. Illustrations. Paperbound, $9.95.)
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| This is a memoir written by Russell J. Milne, Sr., edited by his son, and inspired by long conversations between the two. The senior Milne (1904–1981) was born in Monon, Indiana, became an orphan at the age of 5, and was passed between relatives for the next seven years. At the age of 12, he struck out on his own and went to work. Milne moved back to Indiana when he was 18 and lived there until 1951, when he moved to Florida, where he spent the remainder of his life. The book contains pictures of the author from childhood through adulthood. |
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"Justice Shall Be Administered Freely"
State of the Indiana Judiciary, 1988–2004
By Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard
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(Indianapolis: Indiana Supreme Court, 2004. Pp. 128. Illustrations. Request at www.in.gov/judiciary.)
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| This volume contains a brief biographical sketch of Justice Shepard and the texts of his state of the judiciary addresses from 1988 to 2004, the addresses since 1999 also being available at www.in.gov/judiciary. While the volume does not provide any annotation or contextualization of the addresses, it will be a handy primary source for historians of Indiana's judiciary system. |
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On the River with Lewis and Clark
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